Jim Hemerling from the Boston Consulting Group shares his thoughts on leading in an era of constant change. One of his points is to not impose change on your people Some of his key findings about the leaders includes the …
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On The Ground
Mental Health Rep
When safety became the focus of all industry, we implemented the Occupational health, safety and environment representatives. Companies invested heavily into the education of these people to ensure they were well equipped to ensure the workplace risks were reduced and …
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Tips to Consider When Planning to Reopen Your Business
Businesses need to plan for the time when they will reopen after the lockdown ends. If you want to open your business and want to stay ahead of others, you should ideally plan your strategy to restart in the post-pandemic …
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Top tips for communicating in a crisis
A good leader would know that communication during a crisis is critical. They communicate with urgency, transparency, and empathy, it helps people adjust to the constantly changing conditions crises bring. A tone of urgency encourages people to make quick decisions …
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The New Normal – Working from Home
The law or policies are usually very clear on who can work from home. This was all good and well up to Covid-19 but now things have changed. Whether we like it or not, the policies we once had on …
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4 tips for managing remote teams
Remote working has transformed from an emerging trend to a necessity across the globe. Instead of working with your team face to face, you’re suddenly managing a remote team (and this will become a stronger trend) and trying to find …
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Crisis or Catalyst
Corona Virus or sudden change will not stop us, but it will force us to do things differently in an accelerated response time. Macquarie Business School, along with We Are Unity, conducted a quantitative and qualitative study with Senior Executives …
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Don’t say ‘No’
Whether you work in Hospitality, Mental Health, Retail, or the Airlines. Saying no to someone builds an internal flame of anger and frustration and it does not have to be. In our leadership development program, we share a simple example …
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It’s nothing new
Is the impact of Covid19 really something that we have not experienced before in business? The reality is that Covid19 is just ‘Sudden Change’, something that nearly all business has, and will continue to experience as we move ahead. It …
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Trust – The Critical Leadership Factor
Trust is a critical component of employee engagement and the foundation of a great workplace. Academic research has shown the role of trust in building more positive attitudes, higher levels of interpersonal and team cooperation, better communication, job satisfaction, effort, …
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